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| Myths, Theories, and Research | |
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| Masculinity and Femininity: Myths and Stereotypes | |
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| Sex Stereotypes | |
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| Sex or Gender: More Than a Question of Terminology? “Sugar and Spice” or “Snips and Snails”: The Content of Gender Stereotypes | |
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| Beyond Personality Traits: The Many Faces of Gender Stereotypes | |
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| Different and Unequal? The Evaluative Aspects of Gender Stereotypes | |
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| Gender and Other Stereotypes: Race/Ethnicity, Class, Age, Appearance, Sexual Orientation, Disability | |
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| The Process of Stereotyping | |
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| How Gender Stereotypes and Prejudice Affect Us | |
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| Gender Stereotypes and the Research Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives on Sex and Gender | |
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| Early Theories About Sex and Gender | |
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| Psychoanalytic/Identification Theories | |
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| Social Structure/Cultural Theories of Gender | |
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| Evolutionary Theories of Gender | |
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| Biosocial Model | |
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| Social Learning Theory/Social Cognitive Theory | |
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| Cognitive Theories | |
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| Social Interaction Process Theories | |
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| Perspectives on Difference | |
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| Researching Sex and Gender: Exploring the Whys and Hows | |
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| Asking Questions About Gender: Science and the Search for Truth | |
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| What Differences and Similarities Exist: Methods for Comparing the Sexes | |
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| Why Gender Differences Exist: Nature, Nurture, and the Interactionist Position | |
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| Biases and Pitfalls: Problems Encountered in the Study of Sex and Gender | |
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| Science and Androcentrism | |
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| A Transformational Psychology of Gender? | |
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| Behavior & Experience: Female-Male Similiarities and Differences | |
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| Worlds Apart? Gender Differences in Social Behavior and Experience | |
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| Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Gender Differences in Context | |
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| Gender Differences in Social Behavior: A Sampling of Current Findings | |
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| What Happened to the Differences? | |
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| Biology and Environment: The Process of Becoming Female or Male | |
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| The Biological Process of Sexual Differentiation | |
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| Do Physical Sex Differences Have Implications for Behavior? | |
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| Gender-Roles: Variations in Normal Development | |
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| Gender Identity | |
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| Sexual Orientation | |
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| Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities: Gender Similarities and Differences | |
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| The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis | |
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| Gender Differences in Intellectual Performance | |
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| Explaining the Differences | |
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| Sexual Lives and Orientations | |
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| The Double Standard | |
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| The Physiology of Sexual Response | |
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| Sexual Activity | |
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| Explaining Gender Differences in Sexuality | |
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| Sexual Orientation | |
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| Sexuality and Power: Erotica, Pornography, and Coercive Sexuality | |
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| Hormonal and Reproductive Connections | |
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| The Menstrual Cycle | |
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| Hormones and the Male Experience | |
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| Pregnancy and Childbirth | |
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| Menopause | |
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| Mental and Physical Health: Stress, Change, and Adaptations | |
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| Vulnerability and Strength | |
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| Gender and Physical Health | |
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| Women, Men, and Mental Illness | |
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| Gender and Mental Health | |
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| Sex and Gender in Social Relationships | |
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| Sex and Gender and Childhood: Constructing Gender | |
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| “Getting the Word”: Sources of Early Gender Learning | |
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| Constructing an Identity: The Relational and Individual Self | |
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| Friendship | |
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| Achievement | |
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| Family and Friends: Attachment, Intimacy, and Power | |
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| Close Relationships in Adulthood | |
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| Marriage: The Intimate Economic Partnership | |
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| Women and Men as Parents | |
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| Economic and Political Life: Power, Status, and Achievement | |
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| Where We Are Now: A Shortage of Women at the Top | |
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| Motivation: The Driving Force? | |
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| Defining Achievement and Power | |
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| Access to Resources | |
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| Resources, Strategies, and Political Power Power in Organizations and Institutions | |
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| Maintaining the Status Quo: How Hierarchies Perpetuate Themselves | |
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| Issues in the Workplace | |
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| Division of Labor by Sex | |
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| Sex Discrimination | |
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| Two Spheres in Contact: The Interaction of Family and Employment Issues | |
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| Work, Sexuality, and Power | |
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| Justice, Equity, and Social Change | |
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| Gender and Conceptions of Justice | |
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| Gender and the Law | |
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| Social Change: Justice for All? | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| The Ties That Bind: | |
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| The Future of Sex and Gender | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index I-1 Subject Index I-15 Credits C-1 | |